We are pleased to announce that entering January 2019, OBG will join forces with Ramboll, North Europe’s leading engineering, design, and consultancy company with more than 15,000 people globally. We are excited to be integrating with a company that shares our values, passion for collaboration, and dedication to clients. As part of Ramboll’s extensive international network, we will be adding greater depth to OBG’s existing expertise and bringing together world-class thought leadership to create more growth opportunities for our talented people and more innovative solutions for our clients.

OBG

OBG

That to do something amazing for our clients means truly challenging ourselves.

It’s this resolve — and belief — that we share that drives us, every day.

There’s a way to meet your needs by combining our strengths.

For more than 70 years, OBG has offered services that include advanced manufacturing, energy, environment, and water — but our real strength is in creating comprehensive, integrated solutions for clients.

Choose a service line below to learn more and view cases illustrating our approach.

By combining our specialties we’re building stronger solutions.

Why OBG?

Safety

Every second of every day, safety is a priority for us. In fact, OBG employees present more than 21,000 safety moments, per year — making us a top performer in our industry.

Answers

To get the right answers, you have to ask the right questions. It’s this commitment to understanding our clients’ needs that has turned 90% of our business into repeat business.

People

People are the foundation of everything we do. Not just our employees, but every person our ideas impact. Our unique employee ownership culture gives us a shared sense of responsibility for our actions.

Integration

By offering four distinct services under one roof, our clients benefit from the integrated thinking and approach our team takes to providing the right solution.

Relevance

As the world of project delivery changes, OBG continues to change with it — through thought leadership and technology — offering clients solutions for today and tomorrow.

We helped more than

students in NYC be more energy efficient.

Total know-how.

Ask our clients why they choose us and the answer is clear — we’re problem solvers. By combining our knowledge of advanced manufacturing, energy, environment, and water, we create more thoughtful solutions that immediately address the needs of today and provide a more sustainable path forward.

Every project is built on our process.

Our time-tested project delivery process comes down to one thing: culture. At OBG, our teams are integrated, but disciplined — working together to achieve the performance objectives of our clients, every time.

Through STEM support we are creating 100 new engineers and scientists every year.

There’s a way to answer every challenge with integrity.

Our case studies illustrate how our approach blends expertise from across our company into every project, while adhering to our mission in every phase.

THINKING DEEPER TO PROVIDE CLEAN WATER

Over the last 70 years, OBG has worked hand-in-hand with some of the world’s most recognizable brands to create smart, sustainable solutions that push ideas forward without leaving the environment behind.

Alcatel-Lucent

Alcoa

American Water

Anheuser-Busch

BASF

Boeing

Bosch

BP

Bristol-Myers Squibb

Bumble Bee Foods

Carrier

City of Baltimore

City of Philadelphia

City University of New York

Coca-Cola

Colgate Palmolive

Cornell University

Corning

DAK Americas

DC Water

Delta Airlines

Eaton

Frito-Lay

GE

GlaxoSmithKline

GM

Goodyear

Honeywell

IBM

ITT

Jim Beam Brands

Johnson & Johnson

Kellogg

Keystone Foods

Kodak

Kraft Foods

Lanxess

Lockheed Martin

McDonald’s

Merck

MillerCoors

Monroe County

National Grid

Nestlé

New York City DEP

Novartis

Onondaga County

PepsiCo

Pfizer

Princeton University

Providence Water

Revlon

State of New York

State University of New York

Sunoco

Syracuse University

Tropicana Products

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Verizon Wireless

Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission

OBG Insights:

NGWA 2018 Groundwater Week

OBG's Rick Boone recently presented during the National Ground Water Association's (NGWA) 2018 Groundwater Week, a leading trade event in the groundwater industry. During the event, which took place December 3-6, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Rick discussed how to apply 3D visualization modeling to improve conceptual site model development and groundwater...Read more...

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been used in a wide range of industrial processes and in commercial and consumer products for several decades. Many of these compounds are also persistent, and PFAS are now ubiquitous in the environment for these reasons. Toxicological studies suggest that exposure to some PFAS...Read more...

Is your facility at risk for combustible dust? (Part 2)

Combustible dust is an often-unknown hazard in industrial facilities. This is because many people are unaware of what common combustible dust is and how dangerous it can be.
In part one of OBG's webinar series on combustible dust in industrial facilities, specialty chemicals expert Reid Todd, PE provided an overview...Read more...

The Business Council of New York State 2018 Environment Conference

OBG recently took part in The Business Council of New York State's 2018 Annual Environment Conference on November 13-14, 2018 in Saratoga Springs, New York. This year's conference brought together regulators and expert consultants to talk about the latest in environment regulation and law, including regulatory changes and environmental issues in New...Read more...

OBG discusses emerging contaminants with Illinois Chamber of Commerce

OBG recently hosted a quarterly meeting of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce Environmental Affairs Committee (EAC) on November 8, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. A partnership between the Illinois Chamber of Commerce and the Illinois Environmental Regulatory Group (IERG), the EAC works to broaden the business-stakeholder involvement in environmental legislative, regulatory, and policy...Read more...

Revitalizing the Chicago Area Water System

Over 100 miles of rivers and canals make up the Chicago Area Waterway System (CAWS), which connects Lake Michigan with the Mississippi River and includes the Chicago River, the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, the Cal-Sag Channel, and the Calumet Rivers. This complex water system has a long history of industrialization,...Read more...

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OBG SAFETY MOMENTS APP

Free safety content to help support safety awareness in any home, office, industrial setting, or workplace. OBG's Safety Moments App provides access to safety content to promote and enhance corporate safety culture. With safety examples for a wide range of applications, these safety moments are applicable to most any industry.